3rd behind Sawe and Souleiman in the fast heat of the 1500 ... and ahead of Nick Willis (4th). Top 4 all within 0.4
3rd behind Sawe and Souleiman in the fast heat of the 1500 ... and ahead of Nick Willis (4th). Top 4 all within 0.4
Is that a PR?
very nice work. This race went out extremely fast, but had a 61 second third lap. The pacer was out in 54.9/1:52.9/2:54.0. My bet is that Hunter stayed off the pacer and ran more like even splits. Is that right? (He should go see the Arena Chapel while he's in Padova.)
Willis is going to have to grab the standard in Monaco.
In MileSplit's conversion calculator:
3:36.77 for 1500m converts to 3:52.7 for 1600m and 3:54.05 for 1 mile.
He improved his 1500m PR this year by 3.58 seconds. Not too shabby!
Yes, that's a PR. That's only 0.27 seconds slower than Cheserek PB now.
Clearly, going pro was the right decision for him.
Yes a pr..was 3:38.39 early this spring ... 3:36.77 ..! Not too bad for a 19yo 3:56.79/3:36.77 (7x
MakwalaFan wrote:
3rd behind Sawe and Souleiman in the fast heat of the 1500 ... and ahead of Nick Willis (4th). Top 4 all within 0.4
http://www.fidal.it/risultati/2017/COD6005/Gara011.htm
Wow, that's a great race for Hunter! What a talent.
Oh, stop. This place will be touting how he's "done" when he runs 3:40 in some race next week. It's a fickle, uneducated crowd here.
Oh, stop. Just Paul, you're "done" as a worthwhile poster.
People are celebrating a great performance today, with enthusiasm and hope for the future. Naturally, nobody can know what tomorrow brings for Drew.
So crawl back under your rock, Just Paul, and scowl away.
Too bad he was old for high school. He would be the #2 All time US Junior if he was born 4 months later.
3:36.1 Jim Ryun (Kansas) 07/17/66
3:37.5 Tom Byers (Ohio St) 07/24/74
3:37.9 ————Byers 06/22/74
3:38.26 Alan Webb (Virginia HS) 05/27/01
3:38.50 ————Webb 06/23/01
3:39.00 German Fernandez (Oklahoma St) 06/13/09
3:39.0 ————Ryun (Kansas HS) 06/28/64
3:39.3 ————Ryun 06/04/66
3:39.8 ————Byers 06/28/74
3:40.49 John Trautmann (Georgetown) 05/30/87
For what it's worth -- and we all know that a final time isn't a measure of the talent or the nature of a particular competition (such as in the Olympic 1500m final last year) -- Drew's 3rd place 3:36.77 today would have also placed him 3rd in the Diamond League 1500m in Rabat.
Here are the top four from Rabat:
Rank Name Nat Date of Birth Result Order
1 AKACHAB Brahim MAR 9 MAR 1993 6 3:35.03 PB
2 EL KAAM Fouad MAR 27 MAY 1988 4 3:36.26
3 ESSALHI Younés MAR 20 FEB 1993 8 3:36.90
4 LETTING Vincent KEN 16 JUN 1993 7 3:37.96 SB
Guys chill, the race was short. My guess... ~1440m.
[quote]old man at a young age wrote:
Too bad he was old for high school. He would be the #2 All time US Junior if he was born 4 months later.
Brilliant post (NOT) by one of LetsRun's finest (NOT) -- old man at a young age. There's that same dreadfully tired "unfair age advantage in high school" theme for Hunter resurrected again. Everything, yes everything, about his high school career was legit.
Hey, dodo, a 19 year old ran a 3:36.77 1500m today. So he's not elite on the world stage at this time with that time. He's still an amazing talent who keeps on improving in his first year as a pro. And who, still as a teen, beat a two-time Olympic 1500m medalist today. How about them apples?
Cicirunner wrote:
Guys chill, the race was short. My guess... ~1440m.
NO! The race was long. My guess... ~1510m.
Or maybe the race was 1500m.
Lapped Miler wrote:
For what it's worth -- and we all know that a final time isn't a measure of the talent or the nature of a particular competition (such as in the Olympic 1500m final last year) -- Drew's 3rd place 3:36.77 today would have also placed him 3rd in the Diamond League 1500m in Rabat.
Here are the top four from Rabat:
Rank Name Nat Date of Birth Result Order
1 AKACHAB Brahim MAR 9 MAR 1993 6 3:35.03 PB
2 EL KAAM Fouad MAR 27 MAY 1988 4 3:36.26
3 ESSALHI Younés MAR 20 FEB 1993 8 3:36.90
4 LETTING Vincent KEN 16 JUN 1993 7 3:37.96 SB
That was not a Diamond League race. That's why it was full of Moroccan no-names.
old man at a young age wrote:
Too bad he was old for high school. He would be the #2 All time US Junior if he was born 4 months later.
You realize it's not even possible to be 4 month old in highschool?
This is the biggest PR for Hunter since he first broke 4 in high school. It's been a lot of incrementalism since then (3:58...3:57....lower 3:57....3:56...1500 equivalent of 3:55 high...) now this, the equivalent of 3:54.1, and almost the world standard! Great for him. Hope he keeps the ball rolling!
Also, thank god it looks like he's actually better than Jakob Ingebrigsten.
You are mistaken Lapped Miler. Drew was well within the age limit of a high school athlete...September baby...not sure why this is even an issue anymore...??? My guess is that if Drew were to medal someday in the Oly's or WC, you would bring the age limit up...so sad...and misinformed.
Lapped Miler wrote:
[quote]old man at a young age wrote:
Too bad he was old for high school. He would be the #2 All time US Junior if he was born 4 months later.
Brilliant post (NOT) by one of LetsRun's finest (NOT) -- old man at a young age. There's that same dreadfully tired "unfair age advantage in high school" theme for Hunter resurrected again. Everything, yes everything, about his high school career was legit.
Hey, dodo, a 19 year old ran a 3:36.77 1500m today. So he's not elite on the world stage at this time with that time. He's still an amazing talent who keeps on improving in his first year as a pro. And who, still as a teen, beat a two-time Olympic 1500m medalist today. How about them apples?
Lapped Miler wrote:
[quote]old man at a young age wrote:
Too bad he was old for high school. He would be the #2 All time US Junior if he was born 4 months later.
Brilliant post (NOT) by one of LetsRun's finest (NOT) -- old man at a young age. There's that same dreadfully tired "unfair age advantage in high school" theme for Hunter resurrected again. Everything, yes everything, about his high school career was legit.
Hey, dodo, a 19 year old ran a 3:36.77 1500m today. So he's not elite on the world stage at this time with that time. He's still an amazing talent who keeps on improving in his first year as a pro. And who, still as a teen, beat a two-time Olympic 1500m medalist today. How about them apples?
I interpreted this post as complimenting Hunter (i.e. "look at the company that Hunter is in"; "he's doing something that only a few americans his age as done")